I have a twelve year old male tiger cat that has always been a bit overweight. Not grossly overweight, but could stand to lose a few pounds. In the last month or two, he has dropped about 3 pounds I'd say, and has lost all interest in his regular dry cat food. We haven't recently changed brands or anything, he just hasn't touched it. If we give him milk (which used to be rarely, but now we've been giving more since he isn't eating his food), he drinks it readily. He'll also eat tuna or chicken, any treats... just not his food.

He's also starting to go outside his catbox, which has never been a problem unless we, by mistake, had forgotten to clean it and he went elsewhere because, well, he's a cat and doesn't like a dirty box.

The weight loss wouldn't concern me really, because now he is just in a "normal" weight range, not at all underweight... but now it seems like I can feel all his bones along his spine and its a little scary.

One last thing thats out of the ordinary for him -- he has gotten WAY more cuddly with all of us. Not a bad thing, obviously, but he's usually just kept to himself for the most part, and would come curl up with us on occasion. Now, its like as soon we sit down he's in our lap, and won't ever leave us alone.

Could all of these things be related?

Has this happened to anyone else's senior cat? He's always been pretty much healthy except for the extra pounds... and I'm just kind of concerned there could be a bigger problem underneath. Thanks in advance for any help that can be given!

Kristin

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